King11Didier

I think Kante is sponsored by Adidas actually.

Nice and simple, something I prefer from football shirt than some needless and not so good looking details. Im happy with it. The 2nd kit is really nice!

If he is coming to be a backup option, then it's fine, although the reported price is not reasonable for someone sitting on the bench, but that's probably today market... I hope Chelsea will sign one more CB who will actually be an upgrade on what we have now, because I don't see Rudiger as one.

He is a great lad and has a big potential, imo, he is ahead of the likes of Chalobah, RLC or Baker, even maybe from all of our academy players. For his age he is showing great composure on the pitch and will probably be a vital part of B'mouth team. Shame that we couldn't find place in the team for our best academy player, but personally going away from Chelsea is the best option for him, hope he can win a role in the Netherlands national team, wish him all the best. Is there anywhere reported officially that there is a buy-back clause included in the deal? Because I wasn't able to find anything mentioned about it in the statements from both of the clubs.

Defoe off to B'mouth. Nice deal for the cherries, Defoe still has it and could help them big time.

I really like his attitude for wanting to prove the manager wrong and that he has a place in the team. Unfortunatelly, I don't think Conte trust him so much and also I don't think Zouma's style fits into Conte's idea, the Frenchman should improve a lot to gain his trust. Probably a loan in PL will be the best situation for him, Palace sounds good, they like to rely on strong defenders like him and I think he will fit there, also he is still gonna be in London so he can spend time with his fellas from Chelsea.

Yes, I do. Cahill might be prone to mistakes, but has better qualities than Manolas. VVD will be an upgrade on both of them.

Chelsea better pay for his ticket to St.Petersburg than paying Roma for his service. Manolas is nothing special and is known for being undisciplined player also. There is no point comparing him to someone like VVD, the Soton defender is far above Kostas, I even place Christensen above the greek. Hope these rumours are bullsh*t.

Alex Sandro is a great player, what is better is that this looks more like Conte transfer and we are signing a player which the manager wanted. It's good that the club believes in Conte and tries to bring his targets. Good job to the board if the deal actually becomes a fact.

Im sure there were rumours that he agreed personal terms with Chelsea long time before the reports that Monaco and Chelsea have agreed on transer sum

I just hate how easily Chelsea sell players to their rivals (If the rumours are true). I just don't get it, if it was manure player to Chelsea, they won't even sell their 2nd gk for 40mln... Hope this deal won't go through. Would prefer to sell him to Roma for 25-30mln.

Will Hughes has joined Watford for reported fee around £4.5m, plus add-ons(Sky Sports). Finally this boy can play in PL, was a vital part of Darby team for years eventhough he is so young. Would've probably joined PL team earlier if it wasn't his knee injury in 2015 and missed almost a year. I will try to keep an eye on him and his progress in PL, could become a really solid CM after few years.

If Soton accept that offer, he will be the most expensive defender, right? The sum is HUGE, but Bonucci won't leave Juve for sure and our other target seems to be VD, also Soton don't want to sell their main CB again as they have problems on that position after they sold Fonte, that is the reason why they won't sell cheap.

I don't expect big sum for him after his latest statements(the message from Conte). He just put the club in a horrible position, can't believe what a c*nt he actually turned out to be...

Nothing about buy-back clause or something?

Nonsense. The adidas deal does not stop us from announcing a deal have been agreed between Chelsea and other club. Numerous times the club have done that on Chelseafc.com and putting a picture of the player while playing for his national team for example. The presentation of the player might be later, when the whole squad gathers again, for instance.

The best answer to this, from Chelsea, would be an announcement of a new player soon. And I really hope the player is actually someone who Conte wants, not the board. The man did his best and won you the league, when no one of you expected that, now it's time our board to do their best and give him his prefered players.

Davy Klaassen and M'Baye Niang are really close to join Everton, according to Sky Sports. The reported sum for both of them is £40mln. Maybe Lukaku's transfer is gonna happen soon.

The best option on the transfer market for me. Unfortunatelly there aren't even rumours about him joining Chelsea.

For me, these rumours are too easy to be created. It is known why Conte left Juve and from the lack of activity, still, in the transfer market from Chelsea, journals can easily come up with the gossip of Conte not being happy with the situation. The actual truth is that we have no idea what exactly is happening behind the scenes ( I miss WeHateScouse). The club might be actually close to several signings or it might be even worse than we think it is and still haven't agreed anything on any deal. Also, I don't think the adidas contract harms any our transfers, we can agree deal with the player and the club and put a picture of him with the shirt of his previous club or with his national team, and later we can present him with the new shirt, or we can just present him with a scarf or something. I don't think the new shirt can stop us from presenting new signings. What I'm more concerned is about the new deals of Tibo and Hazard, because from what the players have said, they want to stay and would like to sign new contracts with Chelsea, maybe they are still on holiday and enjoying their time after the season, I just expected that the deals will be confirmed sooner.

Yeah, or at least Chelsea to receive some % of the sum of his future transfers.

I also think he is on the same level as Begovic and it's not really a downgrade, I think he can do the job for a second choice keeper. The only negative thing is that he is not HG, but if we want to have a HG 2nd choice keeper, we have to either pay a big sum (Butland) or have a poor 2nd keeper(Ruddy).

Gnabry had quite a good season at Werder, the bad thing is that he is a bit injury-prone and that harms his progress a lot. Actually I expected him to go to Hoffe for more playing time, they are also in CL next season, it would be better for him, imo. Now he will probably sit on Bayern bench most of the time and won't feature a lot under Carlo.

I totally agree that in football the goals are what actually matters in the end of the day Hopefully Rom can continue with that for a big club as Chelsea too. And it's pointless to compare his goals with Morata's as the Belgium has more than double of the Morata's playing minutes. And when you compare their minutes per goal, Lukaku has no long the advantage on his side

Where do you, guys, think he can be most useful in 3-4-3 or 3-5-2 formation, also in what position is he used in Colombian national team?